Kind vs Cordial - What's the difference?
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A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:How diversely Love doth his pageants play, / And shows his power in variable kinds !
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
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Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
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*1884 , (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VIII
*:I got my traps out of the canoe and made me a nice camp in the thick woods. I made a kind of a tent out of my blankets to put my things under so the rain couldn't get at them.
(label) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
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*:And whan he cam ageyne he sayd / O my whyte herte / me repenteth that thow art dede // and thy deth shalle be dere bought and I lyue / and anone he wente in to his chamber and armed hym / and came oute fyersly / & there mette he with syr gauayne / why haue ye slayne my houndes said syr gauayn / for they dyd but their kynde
(senseid)Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, / Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature.
Equivalent means used as response to an action.
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Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, or disposition, marked by consideration for - and service to - others.
Affectionate.
* Goldsmith
* Waller
Favorable.
mild, gentle, forgiving
Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
(obsolete) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
* Holland
Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
* 1667 , '', 1859, Thomas Keightley (editor), ''The Poems of John Milton , Volume 1,
* 1885 , George Washington Schuyler, Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family , C. Scribner's Sons,
Said of someone radiating warmth and friendliness; genial.
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(rare) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
* 1634 , (editor), ''The Poetical Works of John Milton , Volume 3,
(obsolete) Proceeding from the heart.
* 1667 , '', 1957, Merritt Yerkes Hughes (editor), ''Complete Poems and Major Prose ,
(UK, AU, NZ) A concentrated noncarbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking.
(UK, AU, NZ) An individual serving of such a diluted drink.
A pleasant-tasting medicine.
A liqueur prepared using the infusion process.
* 1728 , '', Act III, Scene 1, in 1828, ''British Theatre, Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces ,
* 1908 , Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables , L. C. Page & Co.
A candy (or bonbon) usually made of milk chocolate, filled with small fruits (often maraschino cherries) and syrup or fondant.
In obsolete terms the difference between kind and cordial
is that kind is characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native while cordial is proceeding from the heart.As nouns the difference between kind and cordial
is that kind is a type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together while cordial is a concentrated noncarbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking.As adjectives the difference between kind and cordial
is that kind is having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for - and service to - others while cordial is hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.kind
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . See also kin.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}
Usage notes
In sense “goods or services” or “equivalent means”, used almost exclusively with “in” in expression in kind.Synonyms
* genre * sort * type * derivative (1) and/or (2) * generation * offspring * child * See alsoDerived terms
* in kind * kind of * kindaEtymology 2
From (etyl) , from cynd.Adjective
(er)- a kind''' man; a '''kind heart
- Yet was he kind , or if severe in aught, / The love he bore to learning was his fault.
- O cruel Death, to those you take more kind / Than to the wretched mortals left behind.
- The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well.
- a horse kind in harness
- It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind taste.
- (Chaucer)
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* kindhearted * kindliness * kindly * kindnessExternal links
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*Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----cordial
English
(wikipedia cordial)Adjective
(en adjective)page 381,
- He, on his side / Leaning half raised, with looks of cordial love / Hung over her enamoured.
- The relations between the Earl of Bellomont and Colonel Schuyler were formal, but not cordial from the first.
- The sight of London warmed my heart with various emotions, such as a cordial man must draw from the heart of all humanity.
page 106,
- And first behold this cordial julep here / That flames and dances in his crystal bounds, / With spirits of balm, and fragrant syrups mix'd.
page 373,
- Who stooping op'n'd my left side, and took / From thence a Rib with cordial spirits warm, / And Life-blood streaming fresh;
Synonyms
* heartfelt * (radiating warmth and friendliness) affable, amiable * (tending to revive) cheering, invigoratingNoun
(en noun)827,
- Lucy . But, miss Polly—in the way of friendship, will you give me leave to propose a glass of cordial to you ?
- Polly . Strong waters are apt to give me the headache.—I hope, madam, you will excuse me?
- [Marilla] had put the bottle of raspberry cordial down in the cellar instead of in the closet [...].